What is DTD (Document Type definition)

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What is DTD (Document Type definition)?

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It defines how your XML should structure. For instance in the above XML we want to make it compulsory to provide “qty” and “totalcost”, also that these two elements can only contain numeric. So you can define the DTD document and use that DTD document with in that XML.

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If XML does not have closing tag will it work
If XML does not have closing tag will it work? No, every tag in XML which is opened should have a closing tag. For instance in the top if I remove </discount> tag that XML will not be understood by lot of application. 2007-10-31, 9045👍, 0💬

What is DTD (Document Type definition)
What is DTD (Document Type definition)? It defines how your XML should structure. For instance in the above XML we want to make it compulsory to provide “qty” and “totalcost”, also that these two elements can only contain numeric. So you can define the DTD document and use that DTD document with in... 2007-10-31, 6299👍, 0💬

What is well formed XML
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Is XML case sensitive
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Is XML meant to replace HTML
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What is XSL
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What is a valid XML
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What is CDATA section in XML
What is CDATA section in XML? All data is normally parsed in XML but if you want to exclude some elements you will need to put those elements in CDATA. 2007-10-31, 5890👍, 0💬

What is CSS
What is CSS? With CSS you can format a XML document. 2007-10-31, 5829👍, 0💬

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